Capra

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Capra, Frank 1897-1991. American filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his direction of It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and You Can't Take It with You (1938).

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proper n. A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Caprinae — the goats.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A genus of hollow-horned ruminants, of the family Bovidæ, typical of the subfamily Caprinæ, and typified by the common goat, Capra hircus. There are several other species, among them the ibexes, Capra ibex, C. pyrænica, etc.

Like one told by Capra or Hallmark; filled with warmth, optimism, just enough dark corners to ground the narrative and a leading lady who defies the cliché of old men behind stern desks or terse Rosalind Russell types snapping at copywriters.

His movie career ran in tandem, often in character roles or, memorably, playing himself – in Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire (1987) and Robert Altman's The Player (1992) – plus documentaries about Frank Capra and Cassavetes.